Architect who designed postwar housing for the LCC including the striking Modernist Lambeth Towers

The architect George Finch designed the cavernous Modernist sports centre in Brixton which resounded to cheers during Nelson Mandela’s visit to Britain in 1996 and the avant-garde residential towers that overlook the Imperial War Museum in South London but are subtle enough not to cramp the style of their neoclassical neighbour.

He made his reputation with postwar urban housing schemes for London County Council that mixed towers with low-rise houses for families and the elderly. His schemes in the 1950s helped to popularise this type of inner-city development and have largely stood the test of time.